Closure.



0. N. TEVANDER.

CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 19.1 5.

Patenteii Oct. 10, 1916.

jnuenzw 05 7 fif vanderf OLOF N. TEVANDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters fatent. Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed. June 26, 1915. Serial No. 36,557.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLOF N. TnvANDER,

' citizen of the United States, residingat Chition; Fig. 2 is a view on cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Closures, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and being had to the accompanying drawings, this specification. i y My invention relates to closures and is of particular service when employed to cover milk bottles, though the invention is not to be restricted to this adaptation thereof.

The closure of my invention includes a skirted cap and a band engaging portions of the cap skirt. This band desirably includes a string, preferably non-metallic, andv a fastener for holding ends of the string in relation to maintain or complete the formation of the band. The string employed is desirably thicker than coarse sewing thread and the ends thereof desirably extend in opposite directions through a fastening clip, the string being drawn taut by pullingiupon its ends in opposite directions, before t e clip is caused to hold both ends of the string in fixed relation. 1 donot wish to be limited, however, to a construction in which the ends of the string are drawn in opposite directions in applying the same to the skirted portion of the closure. The skirt of the cap is desirably puckered or gathered at one or more places to form an outsetting ear or ears provided for engagement with the string for lation. I

In the preferred embodiment of the mholding the string and cap in revention the band passes through the cars so as to be completely encompassed by material of the closure to insure the position of the band with respect to the closure.

The closure of my invention is desirably applied to receptacles by the machine disclosed in my co-pending'apolication Serial I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanying drawmgs showing the preferred embodiment. thereof and in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a mllk bottle capped by the closure of my invenline 2 2 of Fig. '1; Fig. 3 is a view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fi 4 is a detail of the fastening clip.

Like parts are indicated by similar charears or projections actors of reference throughout the difl'erent figures.

The receptacle to which the closure is applied is shown as bein in the form of a mllk bottle 1 having t e usual outsetting bead 2 at its mouth. The closure cap, formed of flexible material preferably paper, recelves the neck portion ofthe bottle, the sklrt of the cap being caused to underhe the bead or enlargement 2 in the process of the application of the cap to the bottle. The skirt is desirably made by forming the paper of the cap into folds as illustrated. A part or parts of the skirt having particularly large folds 3 formed therein constitute outsetting ears or projections. These 3 are threaded, desirably at the middle of the skirt, by the band which is to maintain the cap and bottle in assembly, the part of the band which passes through the ears 3 being preferably the string portion portion of the band has been drawn sufliciently tight about the skirt of the cap to insure the maintenance of assembly of cap and bottle some fastening device is employed opposite directions and are caused to overlap in the presence of the fastening device, which fastening device-is preferably in the form of a clip 5 (preferably initially loose with respect to both ends of the string) which is clamped into engagement with the overlapping ends of the string by. some suitable mechanism such as that illustrated in my said co-pending application. When the clip has thus been applied to the string the complete band, comp ising the string and clip, is disposed below the outsetting head 2 which overhangs the band to prevent it from being drawn over the mouth of the bottle.= The ears, by being threaded by the V band, prevent the band from being lowered 4; thereof. After the string are characteristics of my invention which are not to be limited to such an'embodiment thereof. r

While I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited .to the precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without departing from the spirit ofmy invention, but Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following '1. A receptacle in combination with a closure including a skirted ca p whose skirt s receives the receptacle and which cap -is formed of flexible material, the skirt being formed into folds and having an outsetting ear formation projecting beyond these folds; a string surrounding the skirted portion of the cap and passing through said ear formation and in tight engagement with other folds; and a fastener uniting the adjacent ends of the string.

2. A receptacle in combination with a closure including a skirted cap whose skirt receives the receptacle and which cap is formed of flexible material; the skirt being formed into folds and having an outsetting ear formation projecting beyond these folds a string surrounding the skirted portion of the cap and engaging said ear formation and in tight engagement with other foldsand a fastener uniting the adjacent ends of the string.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe any name this twenty second day of June Witnesses:

G. L. ORAGG, E. L. WHITE. 

